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For becoming an Apple developer, you need to be registered with Apple in their developer program for iOS. But before that, you need to create your own developer account. Let’s see what we need to know, in a brief explanation-

A developer account from Apple is your entry into the world of app publishing. You need a developer account to register for iOS developer program. It is easy to create your own account in developer.apple.com and once you are done with creating your developer account, you have to register for the iOS developer program.

The iOS developer program is the gateway to create and publish apps on the iTunes App store. Remember, this is the only way for you to publish your iPhone app. Or you know, get a well known publisher to publish your app, but you will not get full control over it, if that’s the case.

Once you join the iOS developer program, the rules mandate that you have a publisher name so that people can easily relate to your other apps, if there are any. Also the publisher name helps a lot in branding. Once you get your cool name, any app that you publish, will come under that name.

And now that you have published your app, there is always this curiosity on how the app’s performance is, in the store. Thanks to Apple, there is an in-built analytics platform. It’s called iTunes Connect, accessible at itunesconnect.apple.com. You can just login, click on “sales and trends” and voila, your app data and statistics right there, for your viewing pleasure.

You can view the statistics that include number of downloads within a given period, visits data and geographical data. You can then make changes to your app/marketing strategy according to this data.

Now that you have mastered the art of getting your app published and getting the statistics from it, you can begin making revenue from Apple itself, through selling your app, or through ads.

You can use Apple’s own iAd platform or use third party services like Admob, inneractive, etc. Click here to know how you become an Admob publisher.

Now that you are all set on the know-how, let’s go through how one can join the developer program in order to become a registered Apple developer-

On mobile, advertising is a growing way of monetization. Leading developers like Rovio and EA have demonstrated that there is a lot of dough in ads.

What is Admob ?

It is an Ads network that enables Apps and mobile friendly web sites owners to display ads and get revenues per click similar to Google Adsense system. By far, it is the largest advertising tool/platform used on mobile, and who owns it now? Google! Yes, and it is very similar to Ad sense in the revenue sharing mechanisms too! How cool is that?

So, now you know what Admob is, and how cool it’s owner is, let’s get to know how to become an Admob publisher.

Please note, Admob has recently changed its interface and the way to create Ads unit ID for your App

If your account was not upgraded yet, please use the old guide which can be found on Paragraph 2 below.

Step 4: You can skip the Firebase analytics and reach the “View implementation instructions”

Copy the Ad unit ID, which looks like: ca-app-pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxx into the Ads section which can be found on the Wiziapp plugin settings tab. (Please copy the whole ID including the ca-app-pub..)

Paragrpah 2 – Creating an Admob unit ID for accounts that were not upgarded yet

Step 1

Login to Admob using your own Admob account (if you have one) or just login with Google account.

Step 2

Once you are done logging in, select “Add site/App” under “Sites & Apps” like this-

Step 3

Select iPhone app or Android App from that list (You may need to fill your tax details before you can choose it)

When you select the appropriate option, it will generate the publisher code according to the type of the option. The publisher code is required to integrate your app with the Admob marketplace.

You can see that most platforms are supported with Ad mob. Even smartphone web, meaning the webkit browser can also be targeted as a platform for your admob ads. Apart from Android, iPad and iPhone, the Windows Phone platform is supported, but it’s still in beta.

Step 4

Now is the time to fill in some details including-

Enter the name of your app

For the iPhone App currently ignore the App store Package URL.

For the Android App, please clear the default data in this field and keep it blank

Select the category of your iPhone app

Enter the description of your app (To ensure that your site or app is appropriately classified, provide as many details as possible about usage, user demographic etc.)

For the iPhone App, select a theme or create a custom theme. This theme color would be the background of your ads that are served on the app.

For the iPhone App do not tick Location information

Step 5

Choose to continue and ignore the “Download Admob iOS SDK” part while proceeding to select “Go to sites/app” button in the bottom middle. Like this-

Step 6

Once you select “Go to Sites/Apps”, you will be taken to a page where you can see the App you created. Now hover the pointer over it and select “Manage settings”. Like this-

Step 7

Copy the publisher ID displayed below-

And that’s it. You can now use this publisher ID for your own WiziApp powered app. You can enter this publisher ID in the WiziApp WordPress plugin while creating your App.

Google Play is the premier store for distributing Android apps. It’s preinstalled on more than 400 million devices worldwide, a number growing by more than a million every day. Android users have downloaded more than 25 billion apps from Google Play, growing at a rate of more than 1.5 billion per month.

When you publish on Google Play, you put your apps in front of Android’s huge base of active customers, in more than 130 countries and territories across the world.

Google Play is a central part of the Android experience. New users personalize their devices with apps, games, and other Google Play content. Existing users return regularly to see what’s trending and new. Downloading new apps is extremely convenient and fast— Google Play pushes apps to the user’s devices instantly, over the air. No cable or sync is ever needed.

Register for a publisher account

The first step is to visit the Google Play Android Developer Console and register for a publisher account.

Tips:

You need a Google account to register. You can create one during the process. It is
recommended not to use your main Google account for this purpose, so you can keep
this account separate from your other Google services.

If you are an organization, consider registering a new Google account rather than using
a personal account.

Review the developer countries and merchant countries where you can distribute and
sell apps.

Read and accept the Developer Distribution Agreement that applies to your country or region. Note that apps and store listings that you publish on Google Play must comply with the Developer Program Policies and US export law.

Pay a $25 USD registration fee using Google Checkout. If you don’t have a Google Checkout account, you can quickly set one up during the process.

When your registration is verified, you’ll be notified at the email address you specified during registration.

1.2 Read and accept the Developer Distribution Agreement that applies to your country or region. Note that apps and store listings that you publish on Google Play must comply with the Developer Program Policies and US export law,

1.3 Pay a $25 USD registration fee using Google Checkout. If you don’t have a Google Checkout account, you can quickly set one up during the process.

1.4 When your registration is verified, you’ll be notified at the email address you specified during registration.

Distribute your App as a paid App

Users that would like to sell their Apps needs to set up a Google Checkout Merchant account, this process is not required for users that would like to distribute their App for free, however please note that if you will choose the App to be free you will not be able to change it to a paid one later on.

To set up a Merchant account from the Developer Console:

Sign in to your Google Play Developer Console at https://play.google.com/apps/publish/
Open Financial reports on the side navigation.
Click Setup a Merchant Account now.

This takes you to the Google Wallet site to sign up as a Merchant; you’ll need information about your business available to complete this step.

The Developer Console

Once you’ve registered and received verification by email, you can sign in to your Google Play Developer Console, which will be the home for your app publishing operations and tools on Google Play. This sections below introduce a few of the key areas you’ll find in the Developer Console.

All applications page: Gives you a quick overview of your apps, lets you jump to stats, reviews, and product details, or upload a new app.

The account details page is where you specify basic information about yourself or your company in a developer profile. The information in your developer profile is important because it identifies you to Google Play and also to your customers.

During registration you must provide the information for your profile, but you can go back at any time to edit the information and change your settings.

Your developer profile contains:

Your developer name — the name you want to show users on your store listing page and elsewhere on Google Play.

4.2 On the popup screen choose your App default language and your App name and click the “Upload APK” button.

4.3 Click the “Upload your first APK” button and upload the APK file which you have created on the Wiziapp WordPress plugin control panel.

4.4 Choose the “Store Listing” tab on the top left side menu:

4.4.1 Fill your App description.

If you would like to add a disclaimer about the App required permissions, please copy the paragraph below:

Permissions:

Storage – Allows us to save the App caching resources in order for the App to load faster.

Network Communication – Enables the App to access the web.

Your Account – This permission is needed to register your device ID with Google Cloud Messaging for the push notifications service to be enabled. The App will never attempt to place a phone call or use it in any other way.

System tools – Enable us to add a shortcut to your home screen.

Development tools – Enable us to add a shortcut to your notification center.

Phone calls – This permission is needed to register your device ID with Google Cloud Messaging for the push notifications service to be enabled.

4.4.2 Upload your App screenshots – You can create your App screenshots from one of the following ways:

-Users that have access to an Android device, just send the APK file to your Email, open it on the device, click install and take screenshots of your preferred App screens.

-Users that have an iPhone device, browse to your Wiziapp powered webapp on your iPhone browser, click to save the App to your iPhone home screen, open it from the iPhone home screen, take the screenshots of your preferred App screens and Email it to your desktop. You will also need to resize it for the Android screenshots requirements.

4.4.3 Upload a High-res icon, 512 x 512, 32-bit PNG.

4.4.4 Select your application type as “Application”.

4.4.5 Select your App category.

4.4.6 Select your App content ratings.

4.4.7 Fill in your App contact details.

4.4.8 If you wish to provide a privacy policy URL for this application, please enter it or check “the Not submitting a privacy policy URL at this time”.

4.4.9 Click to save (see top button).

4.5 Choose the “Pricing and Distribution” tab on the top left menu.

4.5.1 Choose the App price to be Free or Paid.

4.5.2 Choose the countries to distribute the App.

4.5.3 Check the last 2 checkbox on the bottom of the “Pricing and Distribution” screen as follows:

-Content guidelines

-US export laws

4.5.4 Click to save (see top button).

4.6 Choose the “Services & APIs ” tab on the left menu:

For activating the push notification service – Click the “Link sender ID” and enter your API Key which can be found on the Wiziapp WordPress plugin control panel – “Publish to Google Play”.

Click to publish the App by changing the top right button dropdown menu from “Ready to Publish” to “Publish the App”.